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Shemara Wikramanayake (born 1962) is an Australian businesswoman, who is the incoming Managing Director/CEO of Macquarie Group Ltd. Wikramanayake replaces Nicholas Moore on 30 November 2018. Prior to this Wikramanayake was the group head of Macquarie Asset Management.

She worked as a corporate lawyer at Blake Dawson Waldron before joining Macquarie in 1987, where her peripatetic career has included roles in nine cities across six countries.

She is the only female CEO among Australia's 20 biggest companies by market value.

Personal Life
She was born in England, where her Sri Lankan father was a doctor. She attended a state school in London before the family moved to Australia, where she went to Ascham School.

She studied commerce and law at the University of New South Wales.